Ann Harlan has extensive business and legal experience in consumer products and manufacturing business segments and has a reputation as a trusted advisor in the Boardroom. In her board appointments on both public and private company boards, she has led strategic planning initiatives and c-suite succession planning.
Since 2009, Ann … Read more
Until her retirement in June, 2021, Sheri Edison served as Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Amcor plc, a global leader in the development and production of responsible packaging for food, beverage, pharmaceutical, medical, home and personal care and other products. At Amcor, Ms. Edison’s responsibilities included corporate governance, … Read more
Karen Cottle has fifteen years of experience as a General Counsel of public companies. From 2002 to 2012, she was Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Adobe Systems Incorporated. As a member of Adobe’s senior management team, Karen was involved in all aspects of the company’s business, … Read more
CAREER SUMMARY
Chair and CEO of a Global 100 Law Firm with a sustained track record in driving revenue growth, leading successful mergers, innovating client service models and streamlining operations which doubled profitability and productivity. Fifteen plus years as a public company director with experience in the financial payments, biotech, … Read more
Shirley is a retired senior vice president from Transamerica Corporation. Her career has included business positions at Transamerica and General Motors Corporation, co-founding of a financial services advisory company and a partner in a major international law firm. Shirley’s 30 years of working experience resulted in her achieving skills in … Read more
Kathleen F. Burke is Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of MKS Instruments, Inc. (NASDAQ: MKSI), a global provider of leading edge technology solutions to the semiconductor, advanced electronics and specialty industrial industries. She has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, regulatory compliance, corporate governance, and crisis and risk … Read more
Michele Connell is the Global Managing Partner, US LLP, and a partner in the global corporate practice of Squire Patton Boggs, a top twenty global law firm. Michele has responsibility for the global business and operations in 34 offices across the US, Middle East, Europe and Asia. Michele’s commercial aptitude, … Read more
Linda Addison is an experienced independent director and chief executive, currently building out her board portfolio with private and PE-backed
companies. She is Lead Independent Director of Globe Life Inc. (NYSE: GL), an S&P 500 company, and a board member of Lexitas, an Apax Partners
private equity portfolio company. She … Read more
Susan H. Alexander is Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, and Corporate Secretary of Biogen. Biogen is a global Fortune 500 global biotechnology company focused on discovering, developing, and marketing therapies for the treatment of neurological disorders and other serious diseases. Ms. Alexander is a member of the executive team … Read more
Roya Behnia is Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Affairs of JELD-WEN, Inc. (NYSE: JELD), a global building products company with over $4.7 billion in revenues and over 24,000 employees. She guides the company and its board in all complex and sensitive strategic matters, including CEO transition, transformational … Read more
